Kate
Edit 5/25/12
Kate is now the bar manager at Formosa Cafe.
She can be found most nights there.
Kate works at Sotto on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. She’ll be starting at Eveleigh soon on other days.
I loved all the bourbon cocktails she’s made me but she also does cool things like beer cocktails.
Edit: 7/5/11
Kate is now the bar manager at Sotto. Her schedule is now Wednesdays through Sundays! She will not be at Eveleigh so catch her at Sotto!
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[...] Vampire Shark (5 year aged rum, Luxard Morlacco cherry, Mr. Zog’s Sex Wax tincture). I asked bar manager Kate how the tincture was made and was it really edible? It’s infused into a base spirit and only a [...]
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[...] competing along with 3 bartenders from the Varnish; Eric Alperin, Chris Bostick, Devon Tarby, plus Kate Grutman (Sotto), Cooper Gillespie (Thirsty Crow), Vincenzo Marianella (Copa d’Oro), Jason Bran (Roger [...]
[...] the job? Owner Vince Jung, the grandson of one of the original Formosa Cafe owners met bartender Kate Grutman one evening. He was fascinated by her creativity. Could and would she help restore the aging [...]
[...] known about Pink Pigeon for a little bit as Kate Grutman from Formosa is also the Pink Pigeon ambassador. I tried the Chagossian Fight Song with Pink Pigeon [...]